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9mm long. Area is semi rural eucalyptus and Ironbark forest and paddock.

Queen 👑

I think its an ant, but not one I've seen before, about 12mm length, terrible pics as it was raining. Definitely 2 or 3 times longer than a Black headed strobe ant as suggested by inat

nesting inside a Hydnophytum ant-plant

I thought it was an ant mimic spider because it moved so jittery

Kukira ini laba-laba tadi, soalnya gerakannya mirip

My guess is newly-mated queen O. rufithorax?

Moving in jerks.

Alate ant. Fence mesh 6 mm square.

Large ant, sitting on a wall and looking bewildered. Has it flown, lost its wings, and doesn't know where to go next? I would love a name, please.

Queen

A busy colony of ants seen around the base of a large tree, late morning, in a public park.

This does seem to happen a lot

Workers and alates emerging after the previous night's rain.
Video: https://youtu.be/7--N4GuJos0

Ant farmers
Identified as Opisthopsis haddoni on Bowerbird by Matthew Connors: "Attending Glycaspis sp. psyllids"

Got a lot of reports of these queens flying today all around QLD. Went outside and sure enough found two.

Prey ID; predator is Observation 115283731.

queen

Found just as emerging, surrounded my workers in associated observation (assuming I remember to link it).

Strobe ants
Identified as Opisthopsis pictus lepidus on Bowerbird by Kate Sandiford

Foraging around base of tree on sandy compacted soil

Black-headed Strobe Ant